The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint

Why Peter Beinart Is Wrong About Pro-BDS, Anti-Zionist Jews Like Me

We fight for BDS precisely because we care deeply about the future of the Jewish people.

Ben Lorber

Viewpoint

The Corporate-Backed Democratic Party Needs a Political Revolution

Bernie Sanders should use the momentum of his campaign to make demands at the Democratic National Convention

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

Fracking Exec Reportedly Admits Targeting the Poor, Because They Don’t Have ‘The Money To Fight’

Jessica Kozik

Viewpoint

Hillary Clinton and the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

Do young people oppose Clinton because they're sexist—or because they're looking for something more in politics?

Theo Anderson

Labor

Demanding an End to Citizens United, 300 ‘Democracy Awakening’ Protesters Arrested at U.S. Capitol

Bruce Vail

Comics

Hillary Clinton or Margaret Thatcher?

Matt Bors

Labor

Recycling May Ease Your Conscience, But for Workers, It’s Dirty, Dangerous and Even Deadly

Brian Joseph

Dispatch

The Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Electrifying New York Politics. Will It Be Enough to Win the Primary?

Inspired by Sanders, independent groups like "Team Bernie NYC" and "Harlem for Bernie" have been hitting the streets to engage voters

Ethan Corey

Rural America

More and More Women are Farm Operators: Who Are They?

Elizabeth Zach

Viewpoint

On Israel and Palestine, Bernie Sanders Is Right—And Hillary Clinton Knows It

For the first time in memory, a major American political figure insisted publicly that the Jewish state and its leaders are "not always right," and that they had killed and injured far too many blameless human beings.

Joe Conason

Viewpoint

Bernie Sanders Must Defy the Pro-Israel Lobby and Reinstate His Anti-Occupation Jewish Advisor

Simone Zimmerman was suspended from her position for her comments against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But her position reflects the diversity of thought among millennial Jews—and should be celebrated, not punished.

Marc Daalder

Labor

Chicago Fast Food Workers Join International Protests for $15 an Hour and a Union

David Moberg

Labor

Employee of Federal Agency That Protects Whistleblowers Claims Retaliation

Stuart Silverstein

Feature

In Defending Hillary Clinton’s Emails, Obama Shows His Double Standard on Classified Info

The Obama administration has cracked down on whistleblowers and leakers while offering Clinton a pass.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

The ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case Was Not About Union Dues

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Feature

State Sen. Nina Turner on Why Black Voters Should Support Bernie—But Not Stop There

The Cleveland native and rising political star switched her support from Clinton to Sanders

Benjamin Dixon

Feature

An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders on Turning His Campaign Into a Movement

If Bernie's campaign is going to become the catalyst for long-term transformation that many hope it will, some changes are in order.

Erik Forman

Feature

With 19 Arrests and More Planned, Students Just Upped the Ante for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The new round of demands for divestment have taken place at nine universities, and more are coming.

Kate Aronoff